Re: Linux 2.6.28-rc8

[Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>]

On Fri, 12 Dec 2008 13:07:02 +1000 Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au> wrote:

> On Friday 12 December 2008 14:02, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > On Thu, 11 Dec 2008 19:45:53 +1100 Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au> 
> wrote:
> > > > > I still have one fix for a reported regression (softlink code doesn't
> > > > > honour GFP_NOFS, caused by a patch of mine). Posted a couple of weeks
> > > > > ago, but it didn't get anywhere.
> > > >
> > > > I don't have a clue what you're talking about.
> > > >
> > > > <greps the tree>
> > > >
> > > > ./fs/affs/inode.c:      case ST_SOFTLINK:
> > > > ./fs/affs/namei.c:      error = affs_add_entry(dir, inode, dentry,
> > > > ST_SOFTLINK); ./include/linux/amigaffs.h:#define ST_SOFTLINK  3
> > > >
> > > > really?
> > >
> > > Oh, I thought I cc'ed you...
> > >
> > > http://marc.info/?l=linux-fsdevel&m=122777850302085&w=2
> > > http://marc.info/?l=linux-fsdevel&m=122777852502093&w=2
> >
> > yes, but that stuff went round and round in circles and ended up all in
> > the air.
> 
> Hmm, OK. I think we ended up agreeing after some review and things
> fixed since my original posting.
> 
> But it was an honest question -- is this too late to go in 2.6.28,
> given that it has been present in earlier releases too? Maybe if the
> release date is pushed to after Christmas, then there is enough time.
> Otherwise, perhaps it should go upstream afterwards, then filter into
> -stable?

Well we could do either.

But it's not completely obvious what the actual bug is.  Deadlock? 
Suboptimal memory allocation mode?  Arbitrary stack windup?  Other?

> Anyway, I'll repost them, in case you'd care to put them in -mm in
> the meantime.

Sure..